Scripting for a fresh install.

[Adunaic]

I have just had to do a fresh install and found my self tweaking many of the features I always do. I was wondering if any of them are scriptable. Though the process of doing them one by one and scanning for recently modified files I was able to deduce some of them. The others I am not sure on, below is a list of some of the things I tweak, any suggestions on how to automate any of them would be good.

- Change <Caps Lock> to be an additional <Ctrl>. [DONE]
- Change font size to 9 and all fonts to Sans or Mono (usually done via gnome-tweak-tool). [NEARLY]
- Install and activate a few gnome-shell extentions. [DONE]
- Set eth0 to 'connect automatically'.
- Add a wireless key for my home network.
- Install some firefox extentions.

I appreciate this is a lot and could/should be in separate threads. Any help is much appreciated.

---------- Post added at 09:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:57 PM ----------

Okay I have found some of the fonts:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface document-font-name "Sans 9"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface monospace-font-name "Monospace 9"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface font-name "Sans 9"


I am still missing the commands for:
- Window title font
- Antialiasing

---------- Post added at 09:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:27 PM ----------

Cap locks -> ctrl is:
gsettings set org.gnome.libgnomekbd.keyboard options "['ctrl\tctrl:nocaps']"

---------- Post added at 09:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:30 PM ----------

Enabling extentions:

gsettings set org.gnome.shell enabled-extensions ['alternative-status-menu@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com', 'remove-accessibility-icon@martin-weusten.de', 'places-menu@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com']

[glennzo]

I've built a script for Fedora 16 that handles many of the things I find my self doing repetitively. It's highly personalized but can be configured for anyone's use. Here's what it does ...

Edit root's .bashrc file adding aliases, etc.
Edit my .bashrc file adding aliases, etc.
Edit my .bash_profile file adding a custom sudo prompt.
Add me to the "sudoers" list.
Disable a few un-needed / un-wanted system services.
Add some common host names / ip addresses to /etc/hosts.
Add an "exclude" line to /etc/yum.conf.
Install and update the "rpmfusion" repositories.
Install several "third party" repositories.
Install some yum plugins.
Install many of the necessary multimedia packages.
Install the flash-plugin.
Install the binary multimedia codecs.
Install libdvdcss from my local repository.
Install some fonts.
Install and update RootKitHunter.
Create a custom .abcde.conf file.
Install and configure the Gnome Weather extension.
Configure a couple of Gnome3 desktop tweaks.
Run a complete system update using yum.
Install and configure MoinMoin if desired.
Install and configure PianoBar
Make changes to /etc/default/grub
Make changes to /etc/grub.d/10_linux

The script is over 800 lines long and is compiled from several smaller scripts that do each of these tasks individually. It works well and has been tested on many virtual systems and a few real installs. The down side is that it takes quite a while to complete.

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@ Aduniac: Sorry, haven needed those settings yet.

@ Glennzo: The upside is, once configured (takes minutes to an hour), its a 1 shot thing, that doesnt need attention.
Now that you said its generated out of several scripts, explains why there are no intent's (tabs), though its very easy structured and doesnt really need them anyway.